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Re: How to use cd-roms with dselect



On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 09:27:48PM -0500, Akintayo Holder wrote:
> Abner Gershon wrote:
> 
> >During installation of potatoe from cd-roms my
> >computer crashed due to problem with cd drive which is
> >now fixed. The main system was installed but no other
> >applications. Now I can boot into Linux but have been
> >having problems installing applications.
> >
> >I have used "apt-cdrom add" to add three cd-roms to
> >apt sources list. What do I do next? Dselect does not
> >provide option to install from cdrom. Please cc: to my
> >email. Thanks.
> >
> The first option on the dselect menu is Access, this allows you to load 
> from a cd

You can also select apt as access method in dselect.  Apt-get should
then tell you which cd to insert.

Johann
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Informasietegnologie, Universiteit van Stellenbosch

     "And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shall call 
      his name JESUS; for he shall save his people from 
      their sins."            Matthew 1:21 



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